Example sentences of "[verb] back while [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abashed by this sarcasm , the crowd hung back while the dazed Chignell fetched the bath chair which had caused all the trouble , and lifted his master into it . |
| 2 | This set-up program will prompt you for the directory and hard disk where you want to install Money Smith , then sit back while the program does the rest . |
| 3 | Popularisations encourage a passive , armchair view of the discipline being popularised : the readers or viewers sit back while the canvas is unfolded before them . |
| 4 | High ground on the right , topped by the hall at Heath , pulls back while a sewage works is located close to the left bank but remains hidden . |
| 5 | I shrank back while the fortune teller tottered towards the main street . |
| 6 | According to FoE energy campaigner Simon Roberts : " The government is standing back while a massive , unplanned and uncontrolled reconstruction of the electricity production system in the UK takes place within the next five years " . |
| 7 | He 's not popular with some of the neighbours but Steve could n't sit back while the animals suffered . |
| 8 | The sister stood back while the little boy did as he was told . |